“One of my cousins is a Capuchin priest. He has worked very closely with the very poor and disadvantaged for decades, and he bristles when people talk about ‘frivolous beauty’ or ‘liturgical pomp’, and when they declare that beautiful things should be stripped down and sold for the poor. ‘You help the poor by being with them, living and working with them; being one with them, because one of the biggest needs of the poor is the reception of a simple message: ‘You’re as important as anyone; you are loved and loveable.’ You don’t send that message by making the world uglier for them.’”
In a recent commentary, writer Elizabeth Scalia reflected on beauty and its role in our churches.
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